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Marine Mammal Sensory Systems (Hardcover, 1992 ed.)
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Marine Mammal Sensory Systems (Hardcover, 1992 ed.)
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This book is a collection of original research papers given at a
symposium entitled "Sensory Systems and Behavior of Aquatic
Mammals", hosted by the USSR Academy of Sciences. The meeting was
held in Moscow from 16 to 25 October, 1991 and involved nearly 100
scientists from around the world. The major headings of the book
correspond to the session topics at the symposium. This meeting was
not the first dedicated to problems of sensory systems in aquatic
mammals. Experts in this field met several times previously to
discuss important problems of sensory functions in echolocating
animals. symposia on biosonar systems were held in Frascati, Italy
in 1966, then in Jersey, France in 1978, and in Helsingor, Denmark
in 1986. Papers presented at these meetings were pUblished in books
that advanced significantly the understanding of sensory systems
(Busnel and Fish, 1980; Nachtigall and Moore, 1988). Initially,
echolocating bats were the main subjects of consideration. However,
studies on echolocating aquatic mammals, whales and dolphins,
increased from one meeting to the next. Indeed, aquatic mammals are
of exceptional interest for studying the adaptation of sensory
functions for echolocation in specific aquatic environments. As a
natural consequence of these developments, the 1989 symposium in
Rome was devoted specifically to the sensory systems of cetaceans
(Thomas and Kastelein, 1990). This symposium was held within the
Fifth International Theriological Congress and was attended by many
scientists.
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